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Intermountain Risk Score Could Help Heart Failure Cases
November 4, 2011
A risk measurement model created by the Heart Institute at Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, Utah, may one day be a familiar tool to HM groups. Known as the Intermountain Risk Score (http://intermountainhealthcare.org/IMRS/), the tool uses 15 parameters culled from complete blood counts (CBC)
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Pediatric HM Literature
November 4, 2011
Dexamethasone Ineffective in Critically Ill Infants with RSV
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New Jersey Hospital Funds Care-Transitions “Coach”
November 4, 2011
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in Hamilton, N.J., has partnered with Jewish Family and Children’s Services of Greater Mercer County to support care transitions for 350 chronically ill older patients.
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‘Smoothing’ Strategies in Children’s Hospitals Reduce Overcrowding
November 4, 2011
A report published online May 24 in the Journal of Hospital Medicine found that smoothing inpatient occupancy and scheduled admissions in 39 children’s hospitals helped reduce midweek overcrowding. Evan S.
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By the numbers – 0.5%
November 4, 2011
The reduction President Obama has proposed to a formula used by the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB), created last year by the Affordable Care Act to cut Medicare costs without affecting quality. The formula IPAB currently uses as a baseline for growth estimates is GDP per capita, plus 1%.
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“Teachback” Reduces Readmissions for CHF Patients
November 4, 2011
A sking “teachback” questions to hospitalized chronic heart failure (CHF) patients at Lehigh Valley Health Network in Allentown, Pa., helps them better understand their condition, treatment, and post-discharge care—thereby impacting readmissions.
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Wasted Effort?
November 3, 2011
New study questions benefits of care-transition strategies
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In the Literature: Research You Need to Know
November 3, 2011
Large number of VTE events occur following hospital discharge after cancer surgery
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Expectations Exceeded
November 2, 2011
First editor-in-chief leaves indelible mark on JHM.
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A New Direction
November 2, 2011
Respected researcher brings energy, fresh ideas as Journal of Hospital Medicine’s second editor-in-chief.
